Student Resources & Services
A list of helpful resources for Texas A&M distance students.
Online Student Orientation: A step-by-step walkthrough for new distance Aggies.
Office of Graduate Studies:The OGS is the definitive source for information on all graduate degree programs— both distance and traditional.
Distance Library Services: The Texas A&M Libraries offer special services for distance students including a customized website, electronic reserves, and more.
The Division of Student Affairs provides several high quality services and developmental opportunities for students (explained below). For more information about the services and programs available through the Division of Student Affairs, contact: Kevin P. Jackson, Director of Student Activities, (979) 845-4728, E-mail: kevin@vpsa.tamu.edu.
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Howdy: The Division of Student Affairs has created a student web portal packed with links to all the important spots around campus. You'll definitely want to bookmark this site!
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Student Financial Aid: This office communicates with students at a distance through telephone, on-line advice using e-mail, and by providing forms and information through its web pages. Video technology—both desktop video conferencing and prerecorded tape— have been used to provide scholarship and awards counseling and to assist in answering questions. Further, grant and scholarship information is accessible by computer. Students (both distance and traditional) may access on-line financial aid applications such as the "Loans by Web®" system, on-line entrance counseling, and more. The site also posts important news and notices such as deadlines, workshops, and regulation changes.
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Student Counseling Services: This group addresses distant student services by providing psychoeducational information on its scs.tamu.edu Internet site. This web site includes information about student counseling services along with personal, academic (study skills), and career counseling self-help information. Included in these self-help resources are the printed transcripts (scs.tamu.edu/selfhelp/elibrary/infosheets.asp) for the CounseLine telephone call-in service (979-845-2958).
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Student Activities: The Virtual Volunteer Service Center at http://vvsc.tamu.edu. The on-line student-run newspaper, the Battalion, offers a daily update of major Texas A&M news stories.
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Memorial Student Center (MSC): The student center website provides up-to-date information on programs and services, while the box office offers a toll-free telephone number for ticket ordering. Students can also order diploma framing and graduation announcements on-line. One of its student groups, Political Forum, hosts a chat line through which students can e-mail comments and respond to topics posted for discussion.
College of Education Student Support Services: The College of Education offers it's own distance education student website with information such as how to apply to the college as a graduate student, useful contacts and phone numbers within the college, registration and payment info, and library services, and more.
On-line Bookstore: Using Texas A&M's online bookstore, distance students can order their textbooks and have them shipped right to their door.
Office of Distance Education: The Office of Distance Education promotes the creation of new distance education programs, administers the WebCT online classroom tool, monitors related legislation, maintains this website, and more.
